Mothers Day Eve
Been so long since I’ve been here that I feel like a stranger. So much has happened that I don’t know where to start. I have been extremely busy with life and working a lot of overtime so not much has changed. It’s a calm "quiet" Saturday morning and I use the "Q" word cautiosly. Don’t want to jinx my luck for easy work today.
Hopefully I will get to leave work on time today and not pull another 12 hour day. After a while, this old body doesn’t recover like it used to. I used to be able to go for days on little sleep with lots of energy. Not anymore. Next weekend I have 5 days off and boy do I look forward to that.
Mother’s Day is fast approaching and unfortunatly the police department will have to witness the sad fate of some parents that can’t get along and the person who suffers most are the kids. Can’t people just get along and be good to each other. Life is too short not to make each moment precious. I am lucky to have been able to reestablish a relationship with my mom after her controlling husband passed away. I feel very blessed.
I am sitting her expecting a surprise call maybe from my mom if she discovered her gift that I left on her porch last night. My mom had a patio set that she had gotten probably 10 years ago and I decided that it was time to upgrade. So I waited until she left last night to go out for the evening and I snuck up to her house with two new patio chairs with cushions and a foot rest. She sits with her feet up when she is inside, so I decided to give her the same luxery outside. If she saw them last night I don’t know. She got home after I went to bed. So I have something to look forward too.
On the job front I just completed my 4th state audit and came out with an exceptional review. I had to give credit to my two new dispatchers as I was able to train them the right way the first time around and they have both stepped up to do a nice job for me. I will have a meeting with all my staff to give them the good news and try to motivate my lackluster coworker to step up. There has been talk since late December of a promotion to a created position as dispatch supervisor. It is assumed that I will take this position and be responsible for all of the dispatchers. I have not agreed as right now they are not paying me anymore than my other coworker. I will not take the extra responsibility if there is no addiotional compensation. Truth came out the other day that city manager is dragging his feet on making the postition due to our union getting pay increases for the police department. The council then felt they had to give the same to all other city employees. This angers me because our job requirements are much more than other city staff. Not to mention, we stood up for what we wanted and all the others just ride on our coat tails. Oh well, retirement is just around the corner for me, and it may come sooner than anyone expects. But that’s another story.
Anyhow, I hope that all mothers, step-mothers, fill-in mothers and anyone else that has taken a mothering role have a happy mothers day. I will take my mom out for dinner, or amybe just treat her to a pizza on her new patio furniture. God bless each and every one of you!